concur
/kənˈkɝ/verb
concur is spelled C-O-N-C-U-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, concur means “To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in concur?
| Letters | 6: C-O-N-C-U-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is concur?
Concur appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce concur?
- UK /kənˈkɜː/
- UK /kəŋˈkɜː/
- US /kənˈkɝ/
Concur has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Mélange_a_trois-concur.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with concur?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as concur from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of concur
- concurs present, singular, he/she/it
- concurring participle, present
- concurred participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does concur mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
The jury concurs with the case put forward by the defence lawyer, that the defendant is undoubtedly innocent.
- 2
To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.
concurring plans
- 3
obsoleteTo run together; to meet.
- 4
rareTo converge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Concur in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | être d'accord , convenir |
| German | übereinstimmen, zustimmen , zusammentreffen, zusammenwirken |
| Spanish | concurrir , reunirse |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does concur come from?
Borrowed from Latin concurro (“to run together, agree”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).